About Carol Smith and Jonathan Howe Recital
Tickets: $15.00
Donations will also be accepted at the door.
Beneficiary: Freetown community, East Hampton
Background: Freetown, East Hampton. In 1799, with New York State's Emancipation Act, Lion Gardiner created Freetown, East Hampton, for him and his associates who formerly owned enslaved persons. The recital will feature and discuss classical music of the Romantic period (1800-1900) by composers Richard Strauss, Johannes Brahms, and the enslaved Blind Tom Wiggins, created during Freetown's historical beginnings from 1799 through the late 1800s'